#DED496#DED496

#DED496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.081 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED496
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -5.78, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 32.50, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0142 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.081 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1733, 64.8200, 38.2426)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED496 #96A0DE

analogous

#DEB096 #DED496 #C4DE96

triadic

#DED496 #96DED4 #D496DE

tetradic

#DED496 #96DEB0 #96A0DE #DE96C4

square

#DED496 #96DEB0 #96A0DE #DE96C4

split-complementary

#DED496 #96C4DE #B096DE

monochromatic

#BEAC3C #CFC167 #DED496 #EDE7C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DED496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED496

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED496	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.081 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b5',
    500: '#ded496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded496;
$custom-light: #e9e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86343,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED496

secondary

#626EB6

accent

#3BC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED496

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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